Board of Directors and Staff

Kathy is a Program Manager for Deschutes County Mental Health and has been employed there for 32 years. She moved to Bend 34 years ago after living in Seattle. Kathy received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Washington and completed her Masters in Psychology at the University of Oregon.

Deschutes Children’s Foundation is a big part of Kathy’s life; she has been an active board member since the inception of the organization in 1990.

 “I have always had a strong interest in programs for children and families. I was on the original Commission on Children and Families and a small group of us from that committee formed the Children’s Foundation so we could begin purchasing sites to house a variety of programs serving this population. It was important to me that services work together and being co-housed seemed like a great place to start that collaboration.”

In addition to DCF, she serves on a number of additional boards and other efforts including the Family Access Network, Partnerships for Young Children, the Every Kid Fund, Family Kitchen and Safetynet and Safehavens.

Kathy has four children and is looking forward to the birth of her first grandchild expected this summer.